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RE: 68B Steel Wheels and Tires

To: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>,
Subject: RE: 68B Steel Wheels and Tires
From: "Reynolds,John" <JOHNR@mail.nwmissouri.edu>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:49:05 -0500
CR,

There is a diagram of the proper balancing technique in the Victoria British
Catalog.  I also found it in a .gif file from the web, but don't remember
where.  I can send it to you if you will drop me a note off-list.

John Reynolds
1979 MGB (in restoration)

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Charley & Peggy Robinson [mailto:ccrobins@ktc.com]
                Sent:   Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:44 AM
                To:     Chris Attias
                Cc:     David Councill; MG Listserver
                Subject:        Re: 68B Steel Wheels and Tires

                Chris,

                  This rings a bell.  I may go looking for a dealer who
sells wire
                wheels.  My wheels don't run true3 on the local dealer's
balanceing
                machine but do on the car.

                  Also, I've had two flats on the front since I bought new
tires and
                tubes.  One was an unexplained pinhole in the side of the
tube.  The
                other was a separation of the tube itself.  Thjought I was
doing the
                right thing when I bought new tubes....

                  CR

                Chris Attias wrote:
                > 
                > Do you have a dealer with the right balancer adapter for
wires?
                >
                > 
                > Also, buy the best tubes you can.  The last ones I got
were made by
                > Michelin.  Got them from British Wire Wheel in Santa Cruz,
CA.  And
                > check the insides of the tire for rough spots that may
poke at the
                > tube.  Tubeless tires today can be pretty rough inside.
                > --
                > Chris Attias
                > Aptos, CA
                > '64 MGB

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